Yet Another Fawning Portrait of Obama From LA Times!

By Dave Pierre (Bio | Archive)
January 29, 2007 - 20:50 ET

Somebody get the Los Angeles Times and Barack Obama a room! Twenty-four hours ago, I posted an item called, "LA Times' Glowing Coverage of Obama in Full Throttle." My premise: The Times is basically engaged in a full-on love affair with Barack Obama.

So imagine the look on my face when I picked up the Times this morning to see yet another fawning portrait of Obama today (Mon. Jan. 29, 2007)! This time, the piece is, "Occidental recalls 'Barry' Obama," placed prominently on the top of page B1 spanning 1,456 words. (See an image of the article.) Three photos, including one of a smiling, youthful Obama, accompany the piece. Need I even mention that the article is a pretty positive sketch of its subject?

Let's recap:

"Obama raises stakes for Democrats," Wed. January 17, 2007, page A1, 1,469 words (see an image) ...

"Early on, Obama showed talent for bridging divisions," Sat. Jan. 27, 2007, page A1, 1,204 words (see an image) ...

"Occidental recalls 'Barry' Obama," Mon. Jan. 29, 2007, page B1, 1,456 words (see an image) ...

That's a lot of nice coverage, folks! Wouldn't you say?

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Also in the Times today: They devoted 1,210 words on page B3 to a bookseller who sells a "Bush Countdown Clock," which "displays to a tenth of a second the time left 'until Bush goes.'" ("He has a sense of timing with Bush" is the article.). The Times made sure to get a nice color picture of the clock on the bottom of page B1. (See the image.) (There's also another large b&w photo inside.)

—Dave Pierre is the creator of TheMediaReport.com and a contributor to NewsBusters.


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Dave. I thought this excerpt

January 29, 2007 - 21:45 ET by Gary Hall

Dave. I thought this excerpt in the puff piece was of note: "Despite the somewhat awkward facts that Obama transferred from Occidental and that his official website biography doesn't even mention the campus.."

I can only imagine, that if this were a Republican(ic) Candidate, and his/her website did not mention the local liberal arts school here, that the passage might have read more like, Conservative Candidate snubs his old alma mater - leaves all mention of school out of his biography. We visited the campus to find out how they feel about being snubbed.

(;~> It's going to be a scrapbook.

Good Golly,To think, about t

January 30, 2007 - 00:35 ET by bigtimer

Good Golly,

To think, about two more years to go!

I am tired already of the non-stop B.S.!

Going to be interesting though...fasten our seat belts, it's going to be a long bumpy ride..or some such!

Thank you Bette Davis.But you

January 30, 2007 - 00:39 ET by Blonde

Thank you Bette Davis.

But you nailed it!

Laughing.

BT I have seen in my life a

January 30, 2007 - 04:34 ET by Right2thePoint

BT

I have seen in my life a few political campaigns but never have I seen such a rush to judgement.

I am old and I think perhaps getting ready to sleep in my death bed, but it does not mean that I don't have feelings and emotions.

Some things count, other things don't it is just that simple, but so few get it.